The European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 1991 (“the 1991 Regulations”). The amendments have three purposes.

First, they give effect in the United Kingdom to those parts of Council Directive 2001/19/ EC (OJ No. L206, 31.7.2001, p. 1) which amend Council Directive 89/48/EEC (OJ No. L19, 24.1.89, p. 16) on a general system for the recognition of higher-education diplomas awarded on completion of professional education and training of at least three years' duration. The latter directive is given effect in the UK by the 1991 Regulations.

Second, they amend the 1991 Regulations to provide for their application in relation to the European Economic Area and Switzerland, as well as in relation to the Member States of the European Union.

Finally they amend Schedule 1 to the 1991 Regulations to reflect changes in nomenclature of various professional bodies, and to add Chiropractic and Osteopathy to the list of regulated professions in Part I, and to add Chartered Mathematician to the list of regulated professions in Part II and remove the reference to Chartered Physiotherapist from that list.

A Transposition Note is available and can be obtained from the Department of Trade and Industry, Kingsgate House, London SW1E 6SW.